Video interview with Chris Lyttle, Alliance Party MLA for Belfast East, by students of Queen’s University Belfast on 3 June 2011 for the Civic Voices International Democracy Memory Bank Project. Interviewed on the subject of democratic activism in Northern Ireland, Lyttle discusses the engagement of local communities in Belfast with issues such as justice and policing. Civic Voices is an international organisation which promotes civic and democratic participation in society among teachers and students. Its International Democracy Memory Bank Project teaches students how to conduct oral histories on their country’s democratic process.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 3 June 2011
Name of First Interviewee: Chris Lyttle
Role at time of Interview: Alliance Party MLA for Belfast East
Interviewer: Students of Queen’s University Belfast
Purpose: News, Research, Academic
Media: Audiovisual, Transcript
Copyright: © Civic Voices 2012
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Programme/Book/Article: Civic Voices International Democracy Memory Bank Project
Time Period covered: 2010-2011
Key Individuals: Chris Lyttle
Key Words: Policing, justice, democratisation, community relations, PSNI, Irish language